UFCThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts organization, recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC. This promotion is responsible for solidifying the sport's postion in the history-books.
UFC is currently undergoing a remarkable surge in popularity, along with greater mainstream media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on FOX, FX, and FUEL TV in the United States, as well as in 35 other countries worldwide.

This is what happens when you sign a contract. This is capitalism, not socialism. There's no profit sharing.

Doesn't matter if you make your company $1 billion; if you signed up to make $5,000 then that's what you are going to make.

What about the retired actors and singers who are starving but companies are making $100s of millions using their likeliness, old movies, or music because they sold the rights away? That's capitalism. They don't get paid because they didn't negotiate properly.

Nobody "deserves" anything; just a fact of life in a capitalist society.

This is what happens when you sign a contract. This is capitalism, not socialism. There's no profit sharing.

Doesn't matter if you make your company $1 billion; if you signed up to make $5,000 then that's what you are going to make.

What about the retired actors and singers who are starving but companies are making $100s of millions using their likeliness, old movies, or music because they sold the rights away? That's capitalism. They don't get paid because they didn't negotiate properly.

Nobody "deserves" anything; just a fact of life in a capitalist society.

Even still, Dana gave out more money than my parent makes in 2 years to a bottomfeeder just for hitting a triangle choke.

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Originally Posted by FactioNN

Its embarrassing to see guys only get 4,000 dollars for a fight. And your right about hominick only making 2,000 dollars more then a guy who fights first and a guy who is in the co-main event. Im not sure how these guys survive on that money. I know sponsors and stuff but still.

This is what happens when you sign a contract. This is capitalism, not socialism. There's no profit sharing.

Doesn't matter if you make your company $1 billion; if you signed up to make $5,000 then that's what you are going to make.

What about the retired actors and singers who are starving but companies are making $100s of millions using their likeliness, old movies, or music because they sold the rights away? That's capitalism. They don't get paid because they didn't negotiate properly.

Nobody "deserves" anything; just a fact of life in a capitalist society.

We also have to remember that what they report out as the fight contract amount if often much less than a fighter makes off other income such as sponsors (ever see how many sponsors they have on their shorts and banner) appearance fee, endorsement, etc.

I know there is some serious cash in this sport at the higher levels from various sources.

No one is going to get rich in an entry level position particularly in this depressed economy.

I do think the UFC could afford to pad some of the undercard fighters salaries some.

Those are the numbers released to the commission. I would bet Aldo and Homminick both make almost 100K from the UFC in not released income as well as both likely making another 100K from sponsorship. None of the top 4 on the card are going broke hell Shields likely made over half a million when all was said and done at the least.

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Aldo might be though just for the simple fact that he headlined one of the few brandless paperviews in the history of MMA(event was simply called Aldo vs Faber, akin to a boxing match tbh)....and did a respectable 175k buys.